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Method and apparatus for dynamic location-based message notification

  • US 9,877,302 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2016
  • Issued: 01/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing an alert to a computing device, the method comprising:

  • identifying, via a location-specific computing resource, a current location of the computing device, wherein the location-specific computing resource is one of a plurality of location-specific computing resources, wherein the location-specific computing resource is dedicated to a specific location, wherein the location-specific computing resource is external to the computing device, wherein the identifying comprises updating the current location of the computing device by the location-specific computing resource; and

    sending, by the location-specific computing resource, the alert to the computing device when a current time falls within a daily time period during which a user of the computing device has authorized notification of a class of alerts within which the alert falls, wherein the alert relates to a scheduled transportation status alert, wherein the user has subscribed to a plurality of classes of alerts including the class of alerts within which the alert falls, and wherein the daily time period for receiving a notification of the class of alerts is separately configurable by the user from another daily time period for receiving a notification of another one of the plurality of classes of alerts.

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